proneness

Example Sentences

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Besides, the latter work has the thing hitherto lacking somewhat in the young man's art—grandeur and severity and ironness of language.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

Red-bearded it was, and red-haired, but even in dried death there was an ironness of feature and a massive brow that hinted to him of mastery of secrets beyond his ken. 

From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack